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I hope many prisoners will be taken there,
This is clearly a much bigger operation than initially was understood. Like the attempted coup by Yevgeny Prigozhin last June, it weakens the leader politically (although maybe only temporarily),
Russia is still piecing together its response to Ukraine's invasion. So far, it has only been a rather slow and scattered reaction."
During a Tuesday event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, General Christopher Cavoli said The MoD's coordination council and the FSB's counterterrorism operation will likely generate continued confusion about what structures are responsible for what aspects of the Russian defensive operation in Kursk Oblast and will likely lead to friction between the FSB and the Russian military,
The Kremlin and the Russian military command are creating a complicated, overlapping, and so far, ineffective command and control structure for the Russian response to the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast,
the ISW wrote in its most recent assessment of the offensive Russia does not establish who has authority,
This is what the Russians have done over a long, long time and they should not be underestimated and the Ukrainians certainly are not underestimating them,
added Sullivan, whose book Midnight in Moscow outlines the run-up to Putin's invasion There are opposite forces at work. One is to reinforce the narrative that Russia is under threat, which can help Putin and reinforce support through a rally-around-the-flag effect,
While there is always going to be risks associated with any war maneuver, Ukraine faced a greater risk by continuing to fight a war of attrition with Russia,
Robert Orttung, professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, told Newsweek Putin will certainly use this to strengthen its ranks,
Vuk Vuksanovic, associate at the London School of Economics think tank, LSE IDEAS, told Newsweek There is a risk of overextending, and there is a risk that precious personnel and resources may be lost and that Putin may use this as a pretext for further escalation,
said Michael A. Witt, professor of international business and strategy at King's Business School, London The victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) was after catastrophic failures at the start of the war which predated the Nazi invasion in the Winter War with Finland,
Sullivan told Newsweek before the start of the Kursk incursion Taking over a few dozen Russian border villages at the expense of many lives and pieces of equipment won't help,
The other is to cast doubt on whether Putin and his government are the right people to defend Russia,
We must clearly guarantee at the legislative level that our warriors, who participate, for example, in the Kursk operation and will participate in all our other actions on the territory of the aggressor state, will receive absolutely all payments and benefits designated for the front line,
he said in an address posted on Telegram We are moving forward in Kursk region. A military commandant's office has been created which must ensure order and also all the needs of the local population,
Syrskyi said in a written statement on his Telegram channel The enemy has come almost right up to the city of Pokrovsk. Just over 10 kilometres from the outskirts of the city,
The enemy is pushing, it is trying to get through from everywhere, push through,
said Major General Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya's Akhmat special forces who are fighting in Kursk The main efforts are focused on preventing the enemy from advancing in the directions of Toretsk and Pokrovsk, inflicting maximum losses, and creating favourable conditions for further actions,
In the border regions of Russia, including Kursk region, Ukrainians deal exclusively with security-related tasks,
he said in a post on X social media